ive just put new discs on my my t-5 ; lovely grooved, drilled and vented.
car is bright white volvo t-5 and the calipers need painted as they look old compared to my discs.... what colour do u think? (bear in mind that it has to be high temp paint so colours may be limited....
thanks for your help folks
2006-09-09 22:59:32 · 21 answers · asked by bazabee2001 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Light Blue. You can use Smoothrite, which is the smooth version of Hammerite. I've had my calipers painted with this for years, and it's good.
Caliper bodies don't actually get that hot, it's brake drums that require high-temperature paint, but with a T5, you won't have brake drums.
My ST220 is radiant red, and the calipers are Smoothrite red. The entire car is based around two colours, red and black. Even my alloys are high-gloss black...boring, but true.
2006-09-10 03:54:41 · answer #1 · answered by Phish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just stick to the colour the new calipers come in.
New drilled and vented discs will make the calipers look old, because they are, old and probably rusty, so if you are going to drive hard get new calipers.
If not rust is the best finish, it is rough, increasing the surface area and thus heat dissipation, Thick white paint is the worst as it will harm heat dissipation.
Me I worry about these things, I had brake fade coming down the Pass of the Cattle near Applecross, top lefthand corner of Scotland, like pedal to floor, 20 pumps and it came back then kept going pumping all the time and pedal came back to normal after 5 minutes but I could have died if I hadn't known what to do and pumped furiously.
2006-09-10 01:04:52 · answer #2 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
merely shop on with the colour the recent calipers are available in. New drilled and vented discs will make the calipers look previous, by using fact they are, previous and in all probability rusty, so in case you'llchronic stressful get new calipers. If no longer rust is the main suitable end, it extremely is tough, increasing the exterior section and for that reason warmth dissipation, Thick white paint is the worst because it relatively is going to injury warmth dissipation. Me I worry approximately those issues, I had brake fade coming down the bypass of the farm animals close to Applecross, appropriate lefthand nook of Scotland, like pedal to floor, 20 pumps and it got here back then stored going pumping each and all of the time and pedal got here back to ordinary after 5 minutes yet i'd desire to have died if I hadn't familiar what to do and pumped furiously.
2016-09-30 13:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by vanderbilt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bright yellow or red looks really nice or for a different look what about a deep blue????
2006-09-09 23:09:22 · answer #4 · answered by jester 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue, as it's the best colour in the world.
All the others are cheap imitations.
2006-09-09 23:07:34 · answer #5 · answered by andrew_carr_blue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer being subtle, so I would say paint them white to match the car.
2006-09-10 05:01:34 · answer #6 · answered by Mad Scientist Matt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want it to look coordinated - white
If you want contrast - red
If you want it to look solid - black
If you want silly - yellow
Pretty much any other color would just look random against the white of your car.
2006-09-09 23:12:00 · answer #7 · answered by Trid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red is the answer
2006-09-09 23:16:32 · answer #8 · answered by lvtaride 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try yahoo green its a lovely colour
2006-09-09 23:11:32 · answer #9 · answered by peter s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
red callipers on a nicely looked after car is a very sexy look IMHO
2006-09-09 23:07:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋